The more mature I\u2019ve gotten, the less inclined I am to believe that I know how to tell others how to live. As I\u2019ve understood myself more, I\u2019ve realized that all I can do is share what little wisdom I\u2019ve come to feel through my own experiences. And as I do that, I realize that some things I experience are broadly true as objective reality (which I can\u2019t prove) and that other things are far more murky and individual to every person. The irony is that as I understand things which are more universal in the human soul than I\u2019ve understood in the past, I\u2019m more aware than ever of how very much I still don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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